Ranking methods are fundamental tools in many areas. Popular methods aggregate the statements of 'experts' in different … ways. As such, there are various reasonable ranking methods, each one of them more or less adapted to the environment under … applications. The method is illustrated for ranking economic journals. …

Ranking algorithms are the information gatekeepers of the Internet era. We develop a stylized framework to study the … effects of ranking algorithms on opinion dynamics. We consider rankings that depend on popularity and on personalization. We …, depending on whether individuals have common or private value preferences. We also find that ranking algorithms can contribute …

Mathematics and Spanish test scores. To be able to test the theory, I develop a novel nonlinear difference-in-differences model …

This paper provides a simple theoretical framework to evaluate the effect of key parameters of ranking algorithms …/or polarization. By exploiting Facebook's 2018 "Meaningful Social Interactions" algorithmic ranking update, we also provide direct …

inequalities in chess, a mind-dominated sport, but not in tennis, a wealth-dominated sport. Negative economic shocks, such as the …

rankings can be biased due to the employed ranking methodology. In order to select key in-dicators describing and assessing … overall ranking of economists based on RePEc data. -- RePEc ; ranking aggregation ; principal components analysis ; economics …

-based measures. We analyze data from the Scopus database as well as from the prestigious German-based Handelsblatt ranking for 100 …

In this paper we transfer the Elo rating system, which is widely accepted in chess, sports and other disciplines, to … of a journal's performance. Most other rankings that are commonly applied neglect this fact. The Elo ranking approach can … period from 1999 to 2015. We show that the Elo approach produces a similar but not identical ranking compared to other …